Resources for the College of Medicine

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What resources are available for board exams?
  2. What Resources do you have to support my coursework?
1) What resources are available for board exams?

The Biomedical Library has the following online resources available for board exam preparation.

  • EXAM MASTER Online

    An excellent resource for medical students in all phases of their medical education, with each section consisting of question banks containing a large number of questions. Of special relevance to the medical student are the following sections: USMLE is useful to medical students in preparing for all steps of the USMLE, Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3. Certification Review Series is useful to residents in preparing for various certification exams. Finally, the Medical Subject Review offers board questions arranged by subject for most of the subjects taught in the first two years of the M.D. curriculum.

  • USMLEasy Lite

    This is another excellent resource to aid in board preparation. Found on the Access Medicine link, it requires a free registration to access the test bank.

  • Access Medicine's Self-Assessments

  • First Aid USMLE E-books from STAT!Ref

    First Aid for the® USMLE Step 1 2009: A Student-to-Student Guide
    First Aid™ Cases for the USMLE Step 1
    First Aid™ Q&A for the USMLE Step 1

  • Surgery Board Review Tests from Access Surgery

  • WikiTestPrep

    Wiki-style free question bank created by the students at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, it includes original questions for Step 1 and Step 2 preparation. Users are able to create tests, monitor their progress, and flag interesting questions when they create a free account.

2) What Resources do you have to support my coursework?

The Biomedical Library has many useful full-text books available [mainly through the Electronic Books link]. Since many of these books are widely-used study aids/guides/reference sources, the thrifty medical student can save money by accessing these works via our website, rather than purchasing them in print form.

  • Access Medicine
  • Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th Edition
  • Goodman & Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 11th Edition
  • Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 2nd Edition
  • Lange Educational Library

    Click on the “Textbooks” tab in Access Medicine to use this invaluable resource, which contains concise study guides to 42 subjects from both the didactic and clinical phases of the medical school curriculum.

  • Atlases
  • Conn's Current Therapy
  • Current Diagnosis and Treatment series
  • Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry
  • Medical History Taking Study Guide
  • Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th ed.
  • Oxford Handbook(s)
  • Robbin's Pathologic Basis of Disease
  • Stedman's Medical Dictionary
  • Primal Pictures Interactive Anatomy, “The World’s Most Detailed 3D Model of Human Anatomy Online.”

Featured Resources

PubMed - NLM's Medline interface

MEDLINE@OVID - OVID's Medline interface

Cochrane Library - Database of systematic reviews

Access Medicine - Major medical texts, study guide, practice guidelines, and more

ExamMaster Online - prepare for board exams

Integrated Medical Curriculum - medical education materials

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